The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-07
A WOMAN OF THE MINES.
No Reason, She Says, Why Ladies
Should Not Speculate in Ores

A WOMAN OF THE MINES.
! No Reason, She Says Why Ladies
Should Not Speculate in Ores.
Mrs. Fannie A. Kerr, who made 500, 900
in mining operations in Colorado, is in New
| York. A reporter for the Mail and Express
called on her at the Hotel Bartholdi yester-
day. Mrs Kerr was elegantly attired in
black silk, decorated with the latest Partisan
| duplex passementeries. Instead of finding
| horny-handed and bronze-faced miner, the
mineress proved to be quite handsome, and
entertaining in conversation. She is
about 35 years old, has large, expressive
black eyes, regular features and dark COM
| plexion.
Women" she said, "are engaging in
nearly all the occupations, and I do not see
| why they should not try mining
"How did you come to invest in mining
property!o
when l was girl in Kentucky l was
very fond of reading about mines, and often
wished that | could go West and see them
| But my hopes and aspirations about seeing
mines were doomed to disappointment until
seven years ago. Then | made investments
that started me in thoroughly and showed
me stern realities different from the Utopian
dreams | once had It was about the time
of the excitement at Leadville, and l was
residing in Kansas City. Through friends
| purchased interests in claims in Colorado,
but received no returns on the investments
until | went TO Denver four years ago.
| settled in Denver and went into the business
| generally. [ bought and sold and reinvested
| my money as fast as l received it. Some
times | owned only part of a claim and got
my share of the claim. One week bought
a claim on Battle Mountain and sold it out
| shortly afterwards at a profit of $4,000. A
yI,I 10,
in mines but nearly all of these have hus-
bands or brothers to look after them.
studied up on mining and learned how to
| look after my own interests. By this time
| have pretty good knowledge of mining
in general and can not be misled very easily
l confess l know little about stocks, and
the only mining stock | have is 1000 shares
in property | took for payment of an &C
count
Ibid you go down into the mines and live
in the mining camps to familiarize yourself
with the businessp
"No did not have to suffer any hard
ships. / lived in Denver and did most of my
business there. 1t was understood that
had money, and miners would come to me
who desired money to develop their pro-
perty and would sell me an interest for a
few hundred dollars that became, when the
mine was worked, worth many thousands
| have the greatest confidence in miners,
whom | have found to be very reliable and
| courteous. It requires a deal of faith in
mining, and do you know | see and feel and
have that faith the miners have when they
think they are on the right track. We help
each other out West, stake each other, and
have confidence i'll the integrity Of each
other The result is a man may be poor.
but get stake from some one and find him
self rich within few months. Once
helped n man out of a lawsuit at a cost OF
| several hundred dollars, and | was not only
| rewarded by large money returns, but by
his life long gratitude When miner once
starts Oh lead he should never abandon it.
One poor fellow | heard of stopped work
within five inches of a rich mineral deposit.
Miners are generally men of courage and
possessed of more than the average amount
Of brains, or they would not push out and
try their fortunes. Mining is not what it
was when Bret Harte knew it. His romances
are beautiful and entertaining, but the rail
road, telegraph and other modern innova-
tions have destroyed all that idyllic pctur-
sequences Whisky Dicks III mining camps
are put in the locll-ups and made amenablo
TO the laws. These mining camps in Colo
RADIO have all tho modern comforts, gas,
water, boons, newspapers, pictures, banks,
and, indeed, the civilization of the East.
What contrast to Arkansas life, where the
people live in miserable cabins, in a land of
wealth still uncxplored, for it is said the
mineral deposits in that State are finer than
any yet found. Mining sharks are easily
detected You can not sell worthless prop
erty except for a worthless price. You
are put through u regular catechism when
you sell, and are obliged to verify every
statement that you make, and exam
nations and statements must be made
by men who are known to be incorrupti-
blo.n
"Have many women besides yourself been
lucky"
"Yes, but they are not as numerous as
men, of course. A lady friend of mine,
while on summer trip, found an outcrop-
ping of ore on the surface and located a
claim which sold for $4,000. Mining for
gold is fine art, for in u whole ton of earth
you will probably get no more than an
ounce of gold. know lady who is a fine
Judge of ores and resides in lovely cottage
with her husband near some mines he owns
There Is also II lady in Gunnison county,
Col, who owns and works large mine and
gives it her personal supervision. She has
her own home whore she boards the miners
and tends them in sickness. Tho wealthiest
woman in Colorado, Mrs. Bishop Iliif War
rem, made her own money in the cattle
business and is now worth Sl0,0OO0D0. |
hold that women have perfect right TO go
into the mining business rs well as the cat
FLO ar my other legitimate vocation